Lauren Simon, petting his little dog in his arms, looks like a nine-year-old boy, but it is very different when he begins to describe his work at a university in the Netherlands as he develops a computer circuit that mimics part of the human brain.

"What we're doing is putting neurons (synthetic) cells and making connections to see the effect of the drug on a part of the brain," he says of his project, called Brain on a Slice, which combines biomedicine and electrical engineering.

The miraculous Belgian, with a score of 145, is on track to become the youngest university graduate in the world when he earns a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology next month.

"I intend to start a doctorate and study a little medicine, but before that I will take a holiday," he said of his post-graduation plan.
After completing high school in about a year, Laurent began his undergraduate study, scheduled to be completed in nine months.

"The speed of his mind is amazing," said program director Sjord Halshoff. "It's probably three times smarter than the smartest student we've ever had."

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the youngest university graduate to date is Michael Kearney, who earned his university degree in 1994 when he was ten years and four months old.

At times when he is not at university, Laurent says he is walking around with his dog, playing games or posting photos on Instagram.